Manu Morlanes

Manuel "Manu" Morlanes Ariño (born 12 January 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Mallorca.

Manu Morlanes

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Morlanes Ariño
Date of birth	(1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Zaragoza, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Mallorca
Number	8
Youth career
	Zaragoza
2012–2015	Villarreal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Villarreal C	41	(2)
2016–2019	Villarreal B	38	(2)
2017–2023	Villarreal	23	(0)
2020–2021	→ Almería (loan)	36	(1)
2021–2022	→ Espanyol (loan)	27	(2)
2023	→ Mallorca (loan)	12	(1)
2023–	Mallorca	58	(0)
International career
2015	Spain U16	4	(1)
2014–2016	Spain U17	25	(3)
2016–2018	Spain U19	9	(0)
2019	Spain U21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2025

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Morlanes and the second or maternal family name is Ariño.

Club career

Born in Zaragoza, Morlanes represented local Real Zaragoza as a youth before switching to Villarreal CF's academy in the summer of 2012.^[1] He made his debut with the C-team in the 2015–16 Tercera División campaign.^[2]

On 3 September 2016, Morlanes made his debut for the B-team in a 3–2 defeat against FC Barcelona B.^[3] He suffered a knee injury during a match against CD Castellón in December,^[4] returning to play in September 2017 in a 0–0 draw against UE Llagostera.^[5]

Morlanes made his first-team debut on 8 December 2017, starting in a 1–0 defeat against Maccabi Tel Aviv in UEFA Europa League.^[6] The following 13 June, he renewed his contract until 2023.^[7]

Morlanes made his La Liga debut on 18 August 2018, starting in a 2–1 home loss against Real Sociedad. Ahead of the 2019–20 campaign, he was definitely promoted to the main squad.^[8]

On 7 September 2020, Morlanes was loaned to Segunda División side UD Almería for one year, with a buyout clause.^[9] After being a regular starter, Almería exercised the buyout clause on his contract, but Villarreal also activated the buy-back clause to retain the player.^[10]

On 16 August 2021, Morlanes signed a new contract with the Yellow Submarine until 2026, and joined fellow top tier side RCD Espanyol on loan for the 2021–22 season.^[11] Back to his parent club for the 2022–23 campaign, he featured rarely before moving to RCD Mallorca also in the top tier on 31 January 2023, also in a temporary deal.^[12]

On 30 June 2023, Morlanes signed a permanent five-year deal with the Bermellones.^[13]

Career statistics

As of 11 August 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Villarreal C	2015–16[14]	Tercera División	28	0	—		—		—		28	0
	2016–17[14]	Tercera División	13	2	—		—		—		13	2
	Total		41	2	—		—		—		41	2
Villarreal B	2016–17[14]	Segunda División B	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2017–18[14]	Segunda División B	27	1	—		—		6[a]	0	33	1
	2018–19[14]	Segunda División B	8	1	—		—		2[a]	0	10	1
	Total		38	2	—		—		8	0	46	2
Villarreal	2017–18[15]	La Liga	0	0	0	0	1[b]	0	—		1	0
	2018–19[15]	La Liga	10	0	1	0	5[b]	1	—		16	1
	2019–20[15]	La Liga	9	0	4	0	0	0	—		13	0
	2021–22[15]	La Liga	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[c]	0	1	0
	Total		19	0	5	0	6	1	1	0	31	1
Almería (loan)	2020–21[15]	Segunda División	36	1	1	0	—		2[d]	0	39	1
Career total			134	5	6	0	6	1	11	0	157	6

1. Appearance(s) in Segunda División B promotion play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
4. Appearance(s) in La Liga play-offs

Honours

Spain U17

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship runner-up: 2016^[16]

Individual

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016